Bombers Strike Saigon And Hue In Major Vietnam Raid
U S Marines battled toward the gates of the forbidden city in Hue as 8th Air Force and Strategic Air Command bombers struck near Saigon. In Cholon and the race track area troops hunted Viet Cong, while U S Marines reported up to 600 enemy in Hue’s walled city. Allied planes strafed rooftops and bombed to limit damage to palaces.
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Hh Forbidden City
Saigon
U.S. Army
199Th Light Infantry Brigade
Cholon
Race Track
South Vietnam
Strategic Air Command
Tan Son Nhut
Robert Thompson
Perfume River Bank
Edwin H. Khink
Alpany, BY
Forbidden City
Air ‘War
Bien Hoa
U.S
Khe Sanh
Vietnam
North Vietnam
North Viet Nam's top general Tran Do reported killed in Saigon
Saigon police and U S officials debate the death of Maj. Gen. Tran Do, a high ranking North Vietnamese officer. Photos of a body are shown but verification remains uncertain with suggestions the body may be Tran Ta or Franco. Local officials note Tran Do was in Saigon after the Viet Cong attack and wounded at An Quang pagoda.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Tran Do
U.S
Communist Central Committee For
Liberation Army of
MA Nguyer Dinh Lan
National Police
Franco
Nguyen Ngoc Linh
Tran Ta
Lan
An Quang
Leunga
Linh
Huynh Cu
Vo Nguyen Giap
Nguyen Chi Thanh
Philadelphia teachers struggle after certification exam failure
The School Board reported that despite federal tutoring, 373 of Philadelphia's 508 long term substitute teachers failed to pass the certification examination. The finding highlights staffing and qualification challenges in the district.
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Philadelphia
School
U S Sends 10 500 More Troops to Viet Nam
U S announces the second deployment of 10 500 combat troops to Vietnam as Westmoreland prefers units fit for current needs without vetting for Vietnam experience. President Johnson presses peace talks with North Vietnam while rejecting surrender and allowing Hanoi to set the agenda.
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Viet
Vietnam
Westmoreland
Johnson
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Haiphong
United States
Dad Slain and Son Seized in Domestic Tragedy
Deputies held at the Helton home as the elder Helton returned to take items from the garage. The son, 16 gauge shotgun in hand, warned his father to leave. A struggle followed and a shot killed Helton. the youth was jailed on suspicion of murder, to await district attorney review. Local and national reactions followed to the Vietnam conflict amid the broader news coverage.
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Helton
Hellion
Wie
Los Angeles County
San Pedro
District Attorney’s Office
Two Chevrolet Plants Shut by Walkout
Detroit dispatch reports about 12,500 United Auto Workers striking two Chevrolet plants in Flint over local labor contracts. Negotiations continued as about 3,500 workers walked at one plant and roughly 4,000 at the V-2 engine plant, while other GM units in Canada idled.
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Detroit
United Auto
Chevrolet
Flint
General Motors Corp
Looting by South Viet soldiers shocks Filipino medics
In My Tho, Mekong Delta, 15 Filipino medics aiding South Vietnamese troops and civilians were robbed as heavy fighting with Viet Cong continued. Two villas housing the medics were looted after the Jan 31 assault, prompting concern from the doctors and a relief collection at U S Navy headquarters in My Tho.
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Manila
Saigon
Daily Mirror
Mirror
Max Soliven
My Tho
Mekong Delta
Soliven
U.S. Navy
My ‘Tho
U S Assurance to South Korea on North Korean Threat
The United States reassures South Korea that the Johnson administration will meet any North Korean threat and sees no need to alter the mutual security treaty. Cyrus Vance will convey the stance as he departs Seoul, while Seoul seeks instant U S retaliation guarantees and freedom from UN command limits. The Pueblo crew release and armistice talks at Panmunjom are also noted amid radio silence reports.
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Washington
United States
South Korea
Johnson
U.S
Cyrus R. Vance
Seoul
Vance
Fria Seoul
U.N
Chung Hee Park
North Korea
Pueblo
State Department
Armistice Commission
Panmunjom
Robert §. McNamara
Home Fire Kills Four of a Family
Poughkeepsie New York four members of a family died and two others were injured in an early morning house fire in Lagrange. Victims identified as Chester H Van Tassell and his wife Elizabeth and two children Raymond 11 and Pamela 3. Two other children Chester H Jr 18 and Narry 13 were hospitalized for smoke inhalation.
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Poughkeepsie, N.Y
Chester H. Jr
Narry
Explosives Freighter Elsa Lindin Missing in Atlantic
A Danish ship loaded with 51 tons of explosives is missing in the Atlantic between the Azores and the U S Army post in Georgia. The 163 foot Elsa Lindin left San Miguel Azores January 29 with seven crew. Its last radio message February 6 said it was 43 hours from St. Mary's Army depot Georgia. The freighter had previously run aground near Scotland and needed repairs in Dublin amid engine trouble.
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Azores
U.S. Army
Georgia
Coast Guard
Elsa Lindinger
San Miguel Yn
St. Mary's
Scotland
Dublin
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